The Solidarity for African Women’s Rights (SOAWR) Coalition will be holding a PUBLIC FORUM on the theme: “Breathing Life into AU Protocol on the Rights of Women in Africa on the eve of the 5th Anniversary of its Entry into Force”. One activity during the Forum will be the screening of a Video Documentary of the EA Caravan on Maternal Health.
Date: 24th November 2010
Time: 5:30pm – 7:00pm
Venue: Nairobi Safari Club (Lillian Towers), Nairobi, Kenya
The Embassy of the Republic of Poland will present the following film at CinemaAlliance;
PLAC ZBAWICIELA by Joanna Kos and Krzyst of Krause (2006 – 1h45)
Based on a true story. A married couple, Beata and Bartek take out a loan to buy a flat in Warsaw, and until it is completed, they decide to move in with Bartek’s mother in Saviour Square. The developers go bankrupt and the young couple loses all their money. Mutual grudges come to the fore, and conflicts from years before are dragged out. They need to find someone to blame for their undeserved wrong.
Venue: Alliance Française
Date: November 22, 2010
Time: 6pm
Entry: Free
Embassy of Indonesia
Presents Indonesian Film Screenings
Venue: Alliance Française auditorium
Dates: November 23-24, 2010
Time: 6pm
Entrance: Free
RAINBOW TROOPS
Rainbow Troops by Riri Riza (2008 – 2h)
The film tells the story of devoted teachers in a small island called Belitung. It sensitively captures the struggles of marginalized people in achieving their dreams. The film was one of the biggest box office hits in Indonesian film history.
DENIAS, SINGING ON THE CLOUD
by Ari Sihasale (2006 – 2h)
Based on a true story, the film shows the determination of a young boy from a poor background to get an education for a better life.
The Istituto Italiano di Cultura presents la life and music of Vincenzo Bellini La Vita di Vincenzo Bellini (DVD)
Venue: the Italian Institute of Culture ‘Michelangelo Hall’
Date: November 18, 2010
Time: 6.30 for 7pm
Entrance: Free
BRIEF BIOGRAPHY
Vincenzo Bellini (3.11.1801 – 23.09.1835)
Vincenzo Bellini, Italian composer of the Romantic period, established himself as the master of the Italian operatic bel canto (‘beautiful singing’). He has been widely acclaimed for his opera Norma. In Italian bel canto operas, the story and setting takes a back seat in favor of beautiful voice, and arias have long melodic score and dramatic tension brilliantly crafted.
Born on November 3, 1801, in the Sicilian town of Catania, Bellini started piano lessons from his father. A child prodigy, at five years of age, he already played the piano very well and immediately developed simplicity of melodic expression. Later in his teens, he studied at Naples Conservatory.
Bellini’s first opera, Adelson e Salvini, was produced in 1825 while still a student. This attracted the attention of Domenico Barbaia, who commissioned him to write Bianca e Gernando, produced at the Teatro San Carlo. Norma and La Sonnambula (The Sleepwalker) followed. In I Puritani (The Puritans), his last work, he discovered a new boldness and vigour of orchestral effect.
The Embassy of the Republic of Poland will present the following film at CinemaAlliance;
Seksmisja (Sexmission)
Polish: Seksmisja 1984, cult Polish science fiction comedy and action film.
It also contains a hidden political satire layer specific to the time and place of its original screening;
Venue: Alliance Française
Date: November 15, 2010
Time: 7pm
Entry: Free
